Friday, December 27, 2019
Today's Gift
Try not to become a person of success. Rather become a person of value. —Albert Einstein
The marketplace and fashion entice us in countless ways to indulge our individual pleasures. Some say that success will be with the person who follows those seductive beckonings. Even sacrificing long hours by working two jobs to become a financial success or to achieve high career goals can be self-centered activity. It may be time and energy spent seeking power and glory at the cost of time with our family and friends - time for enjoying each other and growing. Sadly, external success leads to superficial pleasure but never to peace within ourselves.
However, when we pursue the values of honesty, humility, and service, we will find enduring self-respect and close friendships. This path provides a genuine experience of life's greatest rewards rather than the glitter of passing excitement.
Today, I will strive toward the greater values rather than superficial successes.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©
From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day
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Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Keep It Simple
Some of us were treated badly in our youth and never learned how to live for ourselves. We can see only two choices: either be submissive and caretaking or be abusive and demanding. Many of us have so much guilt and shame that we feel we don't deserve to stand up for ourselves. The Universe demands that in life we be for ourselves. If we don't know how, we learn. If we are unsure, we must experiment. When we make mistakes, we must admit them and know we have a right to be imperfect learners. And we can't be only for ourselves, because that keeps us small and turns us back to where we came from.
As we accept ourselves and come to know our imperfections and weaknesses, we can understand others better. We are stronger in giving to others and more effective because we have a place to stand.
Action for the Day: Today, even if I don't feel good about myself, I will stand up for my dignity as a person.
From: Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums Daily Recovery Readings - http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2
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One Day At A Time
"Our common welfare should come first;
personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity."
The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished
quality our Society has. Our lives, the lives of all to come,
depend squarely upon it. We stay whole, or A.A. dies.
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat;
our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving
grace of God; His gift to us would be spent aimlessly.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Tradition One) p. 129.
Thought to Ponder
There is no strength without unity.
AA-related 'Alconym'
T E A M = Together Everyone Achieves More
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Let yourself be yourself. Stop stopping yourself from following through on your best intentions.
Whatever you seek to do, you probably won’t get it perfect. But that’s no reason to avoid it altogether.
Give yourself permission to do what you can, when you can, with what you have. Amaze yourself at how much you can get done by simply allowing yourself to do it.
Seek to genuinely understand and connect with others. But don’t let yourself be immobilized with worry about what others might think, or say, or do.
Speak your mind, do your work, offer your authentic best. Learn from your outcomes, and adjust your efforts to become even more effective.
Get yourself out there, get in the game, and make a difference. Give life new value using whatever life has given you.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Let yourself be yourself. Stop stopping yourself from following through on your best intentions.
Whatever you seek to do, you probably won’t get it perfect. But that’s no reason to avoid it altogether.
Give yourself permission to do what you can, when you can, with what you have. Amaze yourself at how much you can get done by simply allowing yourself to do it.
Seek to genuinely understand and connect with others. But don’t let yourself be immobilized with worry about what others might think, or say, or do.
Speak your mind, do your work, offer your authentic best. Learn from your outcomes, and adjust your efforts to become even more effective.
Get yourself out there, get in the game, and make a difference. Give life new value using whatever life has given you.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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